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John S. Scott (Harrison County, Kentucky, carpenter, postmaster, clerk, farmer, and justice of the peace)

b. 1821-05-08

Harrison County, Kentucky, carpenter, postmaster, court clerk, farmer, and justice of the peace. Sussex County, Delaware, native. Son of John Scott and Annie Handy Scott. Married to Sarah Jane Burgess Scott in Harrison County, Kentucky, on March 7, 1844. Father of James T. Scott, William W. Scott, John B. Scott, Sarah Scott, Louisa Scott, Effie J. Scott, Henry Scott, and Charles Scott. Carpenter in Harrison County in 1850. Postmaster at Raven Creek in Harrison County from April 21, 1852, to May 29, 1855. Magistrate in Harrison County from 1854 to 1858. Deputy Court Clerk in Harrison County in 1858. Farmer in Harrison County in 1860. Justice of the peace in Harrison County in 1861.

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Sex
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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Harrison County, District 2, p. 138B-139A.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Harrison County, District 2, p. 489.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Harrison County, Rutland, p. 236B.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Harrison County Marriages, Film #000216896.

Record of Appointment of Postmasters, 1832-1971 Records of the Post Office Department, NARA Series M841, RG 28, Harrison County, Kentucky, vol. 14, 634-645.

History of Bourbon, Scott, Harrison, and Nicholas Counties, Kentucky ed. William Henry Perrin (Chicago: O.L . Baskin & Co. Historical Publishers, 1882.) 713.

Citation

Scott, John S.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32196954 (November 12, 2026).

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